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Bookish Advent Calendar - Day Six!

Ah, Matilda. A children's classic, complete with a cover from the 1996 film which I highly doubt you'll find on current day editions.

This book is perfect for any younger reader in your life. It called to me as a child. How great to have a main character who loved reading like I did. It's a book to that says "being smart and clever is the best thing you can be." This message resonated with me so much when I was a child. I just wish being a great reader had given me super powers, too...

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Matilda is so good, I really need to re-read it some time. It also makes me happy to see that Matilda's actress, Mara Wilson, has grown up to be a responsible and amazing young woman who champions a lot of great causes online. (And regularly stars in the Night Vale podcast as the Secret Old Woman Who Lives In Your Home! It's awesome!)